Today's Learning Objective: Writer's Workshop

Students will write drafts that reflect a personal philosophy and use personal experience as support.
RI.10.1, RI.10.2, RI.10.3 RI.10.6, W.10.5,

Practicing Sentence Structure AND Tone

With a partner, write a paragraph. In this paragraph, use at least 4 of your tone words. Use all 4 of the sentence structures we have worked on: opening adjective, delayed adjective, absolute phrase, appositive phrase. Underline the structures and label them: OA, DA, ABS, APP. Circle the 4 tone words.
Words:
  1. snarky
  2. sardonic
  3. caustic
  4. indignant
  5. disdainful
  6. incensed
  7. irreverent
  8. ribald
  9. vehement
  10. laudatory
  11. reverent
  12. nostalgic
  13. didactic

Drafting

Complete a draft (350-500 words) discussing your strongest belief. This is your mantra! Make sure that it is in essay form with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion.
Essay Guidelines

Homework

Complete your draft by Thursday for editing and typing in class!